City council gets 2015 budget

• Weldon urges council to plan for major capital spending in years ahead

BROOKINGS – City Manager Jeff Weldon rolled out his 2015 budget for the City of Brookings on Tuesday, giving the city councilors their first look at the completed document.

The council began its review in a special, hour-long work session that was followed by an abbreviated business session.

This was the first council meeting with fully detailed spending and revenue, and Weldon said it will take two more sessions before the review is completed and the council adopts the budget for the 2015 fiscal year.

There were no surprises in the spending plan, since fiscal discussions by the council have been ongoing through the summer. Weldon said that while the budget is not “austere,” it could be characterized as “no-frills.”